Moderation Reminder
For the first time in years, I’m getting multiple substantive comments per day here on ErosBlog that aren’t making it through the first-time-commenter moderation. Of course, it’s all post-election triumphalist culture-war and political trolling. My favorite line so far: “I was told some cuck runs this retro site and thinks it is Reddit, hence anything that offends the snowflake, written in the comment section, never sees the light of day.”
The snowflake/cuck in question explained all this back in 2006, in the ErosBlog FAQ:
Question: Why did you delete/moderate my comment?
Answer: Most likely because you weren’t nice. I ask ErosBlog commenters to be civil, friendly, polite, nice. And I enforce that. We don’t welcome flaming, aggressive debating style, snark, or even strong sarcasm. Yes, I do break these rules myself, sometimes. But I live here.
I am actually quite curious which of three things is true: (a) ErosBlog got linked in some hostile space, steering the current crop of trolls to us; or (b) I have enough reach on Mastodon now that my posts there, or perhaps especially my hashtags, are falling under hostile eyes, and leading them hither; or (c) the trolls have always been ErosBlog readers, now stirred and emboldened by the recent election.
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Thanks to the moderators for keeping this a friendly site
Imagine complaining that moderators moderate. Imagine seeing your comment being removed as some sort of an own against the comment remover.
I know, right? Or as that complainer added, with the usual deniable half-threat: “So much for free speech and stopping the pornopocalypse by adding to online censorship uh? We shall see what is what.”
Got to be honest, I’m worried about what’s going to happen to sites like you, OF, Pornhub etc now
If somebody comes into my house and does something that I don’t like, I will tell them once to stop. If they don’t, I kick them out of my house. This site is your “house” and needs to be treated as such. As a guest, I live with that or leave. Also, I think the world is too politicized and I appreciate the somewhat safe space. Thanks much for that.
Did you guys have an election over there?
Fuck that, can we talk about sex?
Sorry, JA, but you can’t talk about sex without politics entering the chat, not in the USA in 2024. That’s pretty much the point of this post. Talking about sex is considered a hostile act by the rising political faction in the USA, unless it’s sex that’s in perfect submission to patriarchy and patriarchal gender roles. And the rising political faction is noisy, violent, and perfectly willing to leave anonymous threats in these comments.
I always have tried, and still do try, to keep the overt politics to a minimum on ErosBlog. At an earlier stage of my political development, you could find me saying things like “ErosBlog is not a place for politics.” Those posts and comments are still in the archives. But I said those things before I grew to understand that sex, and discourse around sex, is inherently political.
Kevin, you’re welcome! I do my best.
Colin, you’re right to worry. I used to joke with a friend about what would happen to ErosBlog under Mike Pence’s Glorious Christian Republic, and the joke is just about as not-very-funny when told about the Vance Reproductive Imperium. Suffice to say, I think every adult site that’s based in the USA or operated by US citizens has to consider the potential for having to go dark for legal reasons over the next 2-8 years. I’m open-eyed about the possibility that ErosBlog may not survive what’s coming. With any luck, my archival strategy will ensure that the content remains available somewhere; it’s still a big world and a big internet.
Bacchus. I am aware of what is going on in the world, but so much of it depresses me I like to drown it out with the sounds of sex.
I could rant at length about global politics. The wars, climate change, rape and starvation, but I’m bored of it. In my lifetime things have definitely got worse.
So the good folk of the US voted in Trump again. The first time was funny, but doing it again…….?
I live near Finisterre, the end of the known world. I like to look out over the Atlantic from the clifftops and imagine America doesn’t exist.
I have to say that I think this is one of the most liberal blogs when it comes to moderation. The rules and guidelines are clear, and I’m pretty sure I’ve posted stuff that disagrees with you on occasion with no fear of being deleted, only anticipating debate.
If the troll wants pointing to some blogs which do take down comments disagreeing with the blog owner I could point them to some.
But that said, it seems like pure trolling by the kind of person who can’t bear freedom of speech or thought.